Improvement in barrel and box-elevators



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Patented 'Aug-ust i5, im.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

EZEKIEL BLAKE AND JAMES E. BLAKE, OF GHICOPEE, MASSACHSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAR'REL AND BOX-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,097, dated August 15, 1871.

Toall whom it may concern: p

Be it known that we, EZEKIEL BLAKE and JAMES E. BLAKE, of Chicopee, in the county of Hampden andl State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Barrel or Box-Hook; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making apart of this speciiication and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a sicle view of our invention, and Fig. 2 is a front view of the chain-hook.

Our invention relates to a device for carrying boxes or barrels, or in lifting packages of freight of any description; and it consists of a rod to the extreme end of which is secured a pivoted hook, and at a little distance from the saine end is secured a chain, which is attached to a hook secured to the rod, said chain having another hook fastened to the end 5 and they are so arranged that when the iirst hook mentioned is attached to a barrel or box or other package and the hook attached to the chain is fastened to the other end of the package or barrel, and if the rod is then brought perpendicular to the said package, a part of it may be lifted or carried by lifting upon the rod.

That others skilled in the art may be able to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawing, A represents the rod or stock, having a strap of metal, B, extending from one side around the end and a little distance upon the other side, said strap having a loop at c, and the ends secured together or to the rod by the bolts a extending through the strap and rod A. A double hook, D, is placed in the loop c before the strap is secured to the rod, and when the strap is so secured the hook is therebyT secured in place in the loop. Ahook or staple is secured to the rod at a little distance from the end, shown at E, and to this hook E is suspended a strong chain, F, having suspended upon its end the hook G. The hook E should have a spring, c, secured to one of the bolts c or to the rod A, one end of which spring extends over the end of the hook E, vand operating to prevent the chain E from becoming detached from the hook when in use.

The hook G may be made double, having the two` prongs f and j", and having a handle, d, with a space, d', therein, as shown in Fig. 2, so that, if desirable to use the said hook bythe hand in loading or tilting boxes or packages, it may be slipped on' the chain and the handle grasped by the hand.

It will thus be seen that the instrument is a very useful one for use by draylnen in loading or tilting packages of freight, either by using the lever or handle A in handling heavy packages, or by using' the hook G detached from the chain. It may be found useful for carrying barrels up stairways, by hooking the hook D over the chine at the top ofthe barrel, then dropping the other end of the lever A down and hooking the hook G under the lower chine and raising the rod A again to a horizontal position; the barrel, however heavy, niay then be easily carried up7 by one person taking hold of the lever A and another going behind and lifting upon the barrel.

A spur, c', may be made upon the end, if desirable, which may be thrust into the side of the box or barrel, and thus used to assist in lifting.

The hooks D and G may be adjusted to packages of different sizes by pressing in either one of the links of the chain between the hook E and spring c, thus making the chain longer or shorter, as the case may be.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The rod A, in combination with the hook D, hook E, chain F, and hook G, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

f EZEKIEL BLAKE.

JAMES E. BLAKE.

Witnesses:

F. A. CURTIS, CLAnENcE BUCKL AND. 

